Tina Smith will replace Al Franken in Senate Wednesday. Here's how it will go down.

Minnesota lost a Senator and a lieutenant governor Tuesday, but each will be replaced Wednesday.

A carefully choreographed sequence of events with just a touch of pomp is designed to ensure the state doesn’t miss a beat in a cascade of changes brought about by the resignation of former U.S. Sen. Al Franken.

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